Backyard Aquaponics
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Also what amount do you feed them, and what do you feed them? Give us (me) a good indicator if I pursue same species in new system, thankyou Sam

RE: the fish hooks, IMHO this only happens in sea water because of the salt content, don't know how long in freash water?

Good point gnash, I'll follow up, also see what jim is using

Lost 2 more redies one yesterday and one today water test's are perfect temp is 26deg canot work it out fish are in perfect condition'no marks color is right and gills are the perfect red color,grand kids equiped with sergical gloves and magnifing glass with me disected fish but every thing looks good.they are the hardest fish to feed that i have ever seen. i think i will be geting some silvers very soon.
Jim.

jim, are they the smaller fish or the same size.
If they are smaller maybe they aren't getting any food?

Hi gnash06. Dont know have some 300mm down to 120mm these were 160mm and they were the last ones i caught.may be water temp
jim.

Hi sam i feed them 200 grams of caned peeled prawns every 2nd day they love them . $2.34 on special at supermarket.
jim.

Frustrating isn't it Jim. I had 2 die undexplained last week, just found them still on their sides, not dead but no good. Looked fine, not swoolen or shrunk bellies, no marks, spots or fungus.

My mate says:If you keep lifestock, you will have dead stock too" and I am sure that applies to fish as much if not more than any other types of stock

Is it home brand Jim - maybe that's the problem . The 300mm fish must llok impressive. Did you catch them in the wild? Does sound like going the silvers might be the go.

Jim, I learn't very quickly about water temp with the bream I had, only one out of eleven survived
Next time I get some I will adjust them VERY slowly into the system

Imported or local - there were warnings about imported in December as they could carry disease which affect fish but not humans - just a thought

Hi jim are you getting them from kangaroo ground fish farm !When you go for your silvers let me know i will come to and get some more Have you heard eny thing on the water test

sounds good f&f i think i will need a navigator. julie sed it will take about a week i will contact her in the next couple of days and let you know i think i know what went wrong with the redies i changed the brand of water ager and after that it all happened things look good at the moment.
regards jim.

If thats the case what brand did you originaly use and what did you change to just so others wont make the same mistake

I used wardleys water conditioner with no probs.pet shop had run out so i brought aqua master water ager and thats when things went wrong maybe just a concident but i cant think of any thing else.
jim.